Senate Bill 278

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Title AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 868
Sponsors R. Webb, D. Carroll, C. Embry Jr.
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.
Index Headings of Original Version Education, Elementary and Secondary - Bible literacy courses, creation of
Religion - Bible literacy courses, creation of
Teachers - Bible literacy courses, creation of
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Bible literacy courses, Kentucky Board of Education promulgation regarding
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03/03/16
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
03/07/16
  • taken from Committee on Committees (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (S)
  • to Education (S)
03/09/16
  • taken from Education (S)
  • 2nd reading
  • returned to Education (S)
03/10/16
  • reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
03/11/16
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2016
03/14/16
  • 3rd reading, passed 35-3
03/15/16
  • received in House
03/16/16
  • to Education (H)


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